29 Best HTTP Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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HTTP: The Definitive Guide

David Gourley

4.9

Behind every web transaction lies the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) --- the language of web browsers and servers, of portals and search engines, of e-commerce and web services. Understanding HTTP is essential for practically all web-based programming, design, analysis, and administration.While the basics of HTTP are elegantly simple, the protocol's advanced features are notoriously confusing,

2

High Performance Browser Networking

Ilya Grigorik

4.8

How prepared are you to build fast and efficient web applications? This eloquent book provides what every web developer should know about the network, from fundamental limitations that affect performance to major innovations for building even more powerful browser applications—including HTTP 2.0 and XHR improvements, Server-Sent Events (SSE), WebSocket, and WebRTC.

Author Ilya Grigorik, a web perfo

3

Introduction to Machine Learning with Python: A Guide for Data Scientists

Andreas C. Müller and Sarah Guido

4.8

Machine learning has become an integral part of many commercial applications and research projects, but this field is not exclusive to large companies with extensive research teams. If you use Python, even as a beginner, this book will teach you practical ways to build your own machine learning solutions. With all the data available today, machine learning applications are limited only by your ima

Recommended by Francesco Marconi.

Francesco Marconi

Top programming languages ranked by its annual search engine popularity. Python has gained momentum because of its importance to machine learning development. At @WSJ we are using it to build tools for journalists. Tip: this is a great book for anyone who wants to get started! https://t.co/ZsHjqB5gvC [source]

4

Fuck Coping Start Healing: The Anxiety Guy’s Guide To ...

Dennis Simsek

4.8

5

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Wisehouse Classics - Original 1865 Edition with the Complete Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel) (2016)

Lewis Carroll, Sam Vaseghi, et al.

4.8

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a work of children's literature by the English mathematician and author, the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, written under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy realm populated by grotesque figures like talking playing cards and anthropomorphic creatures. The Wonderland described in t

Recommended by Georg Grey.

Georg Grey

The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland; but that's because it's the best book on anything for laymen. [source]

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HTTP/2 in Action

Barry Pollard

4.8

SUMMARY
HTTP/2 in Action is a complete guide to HTTP/2, one of the core protocols of the web. Because HTTP/2 has been designed to be easy to transition to, including keeping it backwards compatible, adoption is rapid and expected to increase over the next few years. Concentrating on practical matters, this interesting book presents key HTTP/2 concepts such as frames, streams, and multiplexing and e

7

Ruby the Rainbow Witch: Meet the Amber Fairies

Kim Ann and Nejla Shojaie

4.8

Oh, no, there are no sweets left on the magical branches! What’s a clever young witch to do?

Ruby can’t believe what she’s seeing. Her favorite trees have lost all their candy! And the Amber Fairies who usually help fix up her home are nowhere to be found.

Now Ruby is worried her normally beautiful garden won’t look perfect for the upcoming festival. But when she finally tracks down her friends, the

8

Wyatt (The Montana Marshalls, #4)

Susan May Warren

4.8

He’s lost her twice…he’s not going to lose her again...

NHL Hockey Goalie Wyatt Marshall has everything--fame, money and a thriving career. But he’s hiding the two things that matter most...a career-ending injury, and his broken heart. He’s been in love with Coco Stanley since she walked into his life at age fourteen, a foster child for the Marshall family. She stole his heart years later, when, af

9

Effective Java

Joshua Bloch

4.8

Since this Jolt-award winning classic was last updated in 2008 (shortly after Java 6 was released), Java has changed dramatically. The principal enhancement in Java 8 was the addition of functional programming constructs to Java's object-oriented roots. Java 7, 8, and 9 also introduced language features, such as the try-with-resources statement, the diamond operator for generic types, default and

10

Learning Http/2: A Practical Guide for Beginners

Stephen Ludin and Javier Garza

4.8

What can your organization gain by adopting HTTP/2? How about faster, simpler, and more robust websites and applications? This practical guide demonstrates how the latest version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol can dramatically improve website and application performance. You'll take a deep dive into HTTP/2 details, and learn how this updated protocol is changing the web landscape.

HTTP/1.1 has

11

Comptia Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead: Sy0-501 Study Guide

Darril Gibson

4.8

CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-401 Study Guide is an update to the top-selling SY0-301 guide, which helped thousands of readers pass the exam the first time they took it. The SY0-301 version covers every aspect of the SY0-301 exam, and includes the same elements readers raved about in the previous version.

Each of the eleven chapters presents topics in an easy to understand manner

12

My Good Year in France: Seasonal Tales of an Expat Abroad

Janine Marsh

4.8

A little over ten years ago, Janine Marsh and her husband gave up their careers in London to chase the good life in the countryside of northern France. Having overcome the obstacles of starting to renovate her dream home – an ancient, dilapidated barn – and fitting in with the peculiarities of the locals, Janine is now the go-to expat in the area for those seeking to get to grips with a very diffe

13

The Lost War (Eidyn #1)

Justin Lee Anderson

4.8

The war is over, but something is rotten in the state of Eidyn.

With a ragged peace in place, demons burn farmlands, violent Reivers roam the wilds and plague has spread beyond the Black Meadows. The country is on its knees.

In a society that fears and shuns him, Aranok is the first magically-skilled draoidh to be named King’s Envoy.

Now, charged with restoring an exiled foreign queen to her throne,

14

Official SAT Study Guide 2020 Edition

The College Board

4.8

Review every skill and question type needed for SAT success - now with eight total practice tests.

The 2018 edition of The Official SAT Study Guide doubles the number of official SAT(R) practice tests to eight - all of them created by the test maker. As part of the College Board's commitment to transparency, all practice tests are available on the College Board's website, but The Official SAT Study

15

John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course - Part 3 - Book/Audio

John Thompson

4.8

Part 3 of a comprehensive step-by-step course specifically designed to suit the needs of all children beginning the piano. Includes: characters and illustrations · writing exercises · sight reading drills · review work · accompaniments · and more. This version includes online audio files that can be downloaded or streamed.

16

Unbothered: Break Down the Boulders Between You and Your True Potential

Angela Rummans

4.8

17

From Hell's Heart (The Chronicles of Breed #4)

K.T. Davies

4.7

They say that no good deed goes unpunished. It turns out, they were right.
Breed saved a world, killed a demon, destroyed the gods that made it, and then went home.

It was time to rest, perchance to die.

But as any fool knows, there is no rest for the wicked.

No one is going anywhere until an old friend is dead, an old enemy is saved, and hot or cold vengeance is served.

The battle is over, now the war

18

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success

Amy Morin

4.7

Expanding on her viral post that has become an international phenomenon, a psychotherapist offers simple yet effective solutions for increasing mental strength and finding happiness and success in life.

As a licensed clinical social worker, college psychology instructor, and psychotherapist, Amy Morin has seen countless people choose to succeed despite facing enormous challenges. That resilience in

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5 lb. Book of GRE Practice Problems: 1,800+ Practice Problems in Book and Online

Manhattan Prep

4.7

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from third-party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online assets included with the product.

Manhattan Prep's best-selling 5 lb. Book of GRE Practice Problems has been updated to include an online companion of lessons from Interact® for GRE, our revolutionary interactive, on-demand learning platform. In additi

20

The Immune: Complete Four-Book Edition

David Kazzie

4.7

21

Lost Books 4-In-1: Chosen, Infidel, Renegade, Chaos

Ted Dekker

4.7

22

REST in Practice: Hypermedia and Systems Architecture

Jim Webber, Savas Parastatidis, Ian Robinson

4.7

Why don't typical enterprise projects go as smoothly as projects you develop for the Web? Does the REST architectural style really present a viable alternative for building distributed systems and enterprise-class applications?

In this insightful book, three SOA experts provide a down-to-earth explanation of REST and demonstrate how you can develop simple and elegant distributed hypermedia systems

23

Dewalt Carpentry and Framing Complete Handbook

Gary Brackett

4.7

With abundant, full-color diagrams and an easy-to-understand writing style, the DEWALT CARPENTRY AND FRAMING COMPLETE HANDBOOK, Second Edition, is an ideal resource to help today�s students master the basics of carpentry and framing. The text is logically organized to provide a comprehensive, yet concise, introduction to the trade, from foundations and floors to walls, rafters, and roofs--as well

24

Mayo Clinic The Essential Diabetes Book

Mayo Clinic

4.7

More people than ever before have diabetes. The disease affects an estimated 21 million adults and children in the US and many people with the disease don't have it under control. Unlike years ago, you have a good chance of living an active and healthy life with diabetes - provided you work with your health-care team to take the necessary steps to control your blood sugar. This title covers: the p

25

Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women

Otegha Uwagba

4.7

Little Black Book: A Toolkit For Working Women is the modern career guide every creative woman needs, whether you’re just starting out or already have years of experience. Packed with fresh ideas and no-nonsense practical advice, this travel-sized career handbook is guaranteed to become your go-to resource when it comes to building the career you want.

Writer Otegha Uwagba (one of Forbes European 3

26

HTTP Developer's Handbook

Chris Shiflett

4.7

The largest group with an unsatisfied demand for a good book on HTTP is the worldwide group of Web developers. A good book on HTTP can help new and old Web developers alike, as a thorough understanding of underlying protocols can remove the dependencies on specific tool sets and help people create and maintain better Web applications as well as adapt to technologies. HTTP has become an essential t

27

Illustrated Guide to Http

Paul S. Hethmon

4.7

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Nginx HTTP Server

Clément Nedelcu

4.6

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Nginx HTTP Server - Third Edition

Clement Nedelcu

4.6